“Live where you want to live, but invest where the numbers make sense.” – Robert Helms Nice quote. But it assumes you know what numbers to look at … and whether or not they make sense. Many times, investors focus primarily on numbers related to the PROPERTY … … things like rent ratio, gross-rent multiplier, cap rate … […]
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Sometimes when the world seems to be spinning out of control and not much makes sense, it’s helpful … even necessary … to cling to something stable. Headlines are filled with wars, rumors of wars, natural disasters, senseless murders, endless divisive vitriolic political rhetoric, greed, corruption, hypocrisy … And that was just last week. No
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The key to successful real estate investing is your understanding of financing and lending. You MUST be able to leverage the money you own (or borrow) so you can put your capital to work. There’s a lot of money churning around out there. Many different sources provide loans. The government and big banks are two
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“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana This is one of our favorite quotes. It’s simple yet powerful wisdom … useful for individuals, businesses, governments … and certainly for investors! We could take this theme in a thousand different directions, but this CNBC headline caught our
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Real estate investing is full of ups … and downs. If you haven’t experienced the downsides, we guarantee you will eventually. As a real estate investor, you have to be on top of your game. You didn’t get into this business to pull the sheets over your eyes … you’re here to build wealth, and
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Imagine you’re the proud owner of a modest 50-year old, four-bedroom, two-bath home … less than 2,000 square feet. You put it on the market and it sells FAST … for $728,000 MORE than the asking price!!! That’s not the sales price … just the premium OVER what you listed it for! You might think this happened in that mythical
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Timeless real estate wisdom says three things matter most when deciding what to buy … location, location, location. It’s tongue-in-cheek, but the point is real estate derives its value from demand. The key is choosing properties most likely to surge in demand relative to supply. Of course, deciphering supply and demand means looking at demographics,
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There are three undeniable certainties in life. We are born. We live. We die. We don’t have control over the birth and death part, but we can decide how we want to live. In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™, we have invited Gene Guarino to teach us his secret solution to the age-old
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Like waves on the beach or the rising and setting of the sun … the ebb and flow of the infamous “business cycle” is something every entrepreneur and investor must navigate. The marketplace is fluid and dynamic. There are no lane lines or guard rails. More importantly, there is no singular cycle because there is
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Real estate investing can be lonely. Very few financial conferences or commentators even talk about real estate … much less endorse it as a wealth building vehicle. So real estate investors huddle together in obscure corners of the financial community … quietly making money and muttering about the trials and tribulations of tenants, toilets and
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